Question

【題目】

I stood in my grandmother’s garden with my son. He had a bottle of bubbles. You know the _______: it’s mainly soapy water with a plastic loop on one end. You dip ( 浸 ) the loop in the bottle, pull it out, and blow it to make bubbles. My son dipped and dipped and blew and blew but _______ to blow bubbles. He handed me the bottle and loop and asked me, “Daddy, can you make bubbles?”

I hadn’t blown bubbles in years. But I am a chemist by education. I have developed several shampoos, so I _______ the science of bubbles.

But all that knowledge was _______ useless when trying to blow bubbles from a loop with soapy water. I had no more success than my son.

I would dip and blow, but there were no bubbles; the soapy film on the loop would just _______ without forming any bubbles.

After several attempts (嘗試), I tried a _______ method. Instead of blowing on the loop of soapy water, I gently breathed on it. My son cried with pleasure as a big beautiful bubble formed and _______ away.

I _______ to him, “Son, you shouldn’t blow hard. Instead, you should breathe gently on the loop to make bubbles.”

He gave up trying to make big bubbles by blowing hard and _______ my advice. Big bubbles.

There are some things that you can get with force, but there are other things like love and respect that only come with the gentleness of a soft breath. The _______ something is to higher spirit, the more it is like bubbles; it can’t be forced. Blow beautiful bubbles; breathe easy.

【1】A.typeB.colourC.sizeD.standard

【2】A.triedB.failedC.learnedD.managed

【3】A.believeB.realizeC.discoverD.understand

【4】A.hardlyB.nearlyC.completelyD.partly

【5】A.flyB.changeC.breakD.rise

【6】A.simpleB.traditionalC.popularD.different

【7】A.floatedB.droppedC.jumpedD.pushed

【8】A.explainedB.shoutedC.announcedD.complained

【9】A.offeredB.refusedC.followedD.needed

【10】A.fartherB.smallerC.closerD.more

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】B

【3】D

【4】C

【5】C

【6】D

【7】A

【8】A

【9】C

【10】C

【解析】

本文是一篇夾敘夾議文，作者通過講述自己教兒子吹肥皂泡泡的經(jīng)歷，告訴人們：在生活中，有些事情要溫柔對待，用力過大則適得其反。

【1】

句意：你知道它的類型基本上是肥皂水，一端有一個塑料環(huán)。

type類型；color顏色；size 尺寸，大�。�standard標(biāo)準(zhǔn)，榜樣，水準(zhǔn)。根據(jù)后面的解釋說明“it’s mainly soapy water with a plastic loop on one end. You dip ( 浸 ) the loop in the bottle, pull it out, and blow it to make bubbles. 主要是肥皂水，一端有一個塑料圈。你把塑料環(huán)浸在瓶子里，把它拉出來，然后吹起泡泡�！保�type符合句意，故選A。

【2】

句意：我兒子不停地吹，又吹，又吹，但吹不出泡泡。

tried嘗試；failed失�。�learned學(xué)會；managed管理，根據(jù)句中的“but但是”一詞表轉(zhuǎn)折，那么應(yīng)該是不停吹，但是吹不出泡泡，故選B。

【3】

句意：我已經(jīng)開發(fā)了幾種洗發(fā)水，所以我了解泡泡的原理。

believe相信；realize意識到；discover發(fā)現(xiàn)；understand明白，理解。根據(jù)前面提到我已經(jīng)開發(fā)了幾種洗發(fā)水，那么應(yīng)該是明白知道泡泡的科學(xué)原理，故選D。

【4】

句意：但是，當(dāng)試圖用肥皂水吹出塑料圈中的氣泡時，所有這些知識都是完全無用的。

hardly幾乎不；nearly接近，幾乎；completely完全地，全部地；partly在一定程度上，部分地。根據(jù)“But I am a chemist by education. I have developed several shampoos, so I understand the science of bubbles.但我是受過教育的化學(xué)家。我已經(jīng)開發(fā)了幾種洗發(fā)水，所以我了解泡泡的科學(xué)原理。”及“I had no more success than my son. 我沒有比我兒子更成功�！�，可知應(yīng)該是完全無用的，故選C。

【5】

句意：我會蘸著吹，但沒有氣泡；圈上的肥皂膜只會破裂，不會形成任何氣泡。

fly飛；change改變；break打破；rise上升，增強。跟據(jù)“without forming any bubbles不會形成任何氣泡”，那么應(yīng)該是破裂，故選C。

【6】

句意：在幾次嘗試之后，我嘗試了一種不同的方法。

simple簡單的；traditional傳統(tǒng)的；popular受歡迎的；different不同的。結(jié)合句意，在幾次嘗試之后，那么應(yīng)該是嘗試另一種不同的方法。以及后面說的是“Instead of blowing on the loop of soapy water, I gently breathed on it. 我沒有朝肥皂水的塑料圈吹氣，而是輕輕地吸了口氣�！�，故選D。

【7】

句意：當(dāng)一個又大又漂亮的泡泡形成并飄走時，我兒子高興地哭了起來。

floated漂浮，浮動；dropped 使落下，投下；jumped跳躍，使跳躍；pushed推動，增加。結(jié)合短文，這里講述的是吹泡泡并且高興地哭了起來，那么應(yīng)該是漂浮起來，故選A。

【8】

句意：我向他解釋說：“兒子，你不應(yīng)該吹得太厲害。取而代之的是，你應(yīng)該輕輕地在塑料環(huán)上呼吸，以產(chǎn)生氣泡。”

explained解釋；shouted大喊；announced宣布；complained抱怨。上文提到的是成功的吹出來泡泡，那么這里應(yīng)該是解釋給兒子聽，怎樣可以產(chǎn)生出泡泡，故選A。

【9】

句意：他放棄了用力吹肥皂泡的嘗試，聽從了我的建議。

offered提供；refused拒絕；followed按照做，跟隨 ；needed需要，必要。根據(jù)前半部分提到“He gave up trying to make big bubbles by blowing hard”那么放棄吹肥皂泡，應(yīng)該是接受了“我的”建議，故選C。

【10】

句意：越接近更高的精神，它就越像泡沫，不能強迫。

farther更遠(yuǎn)的；smaller更小的；closer更接近的；more更多。觀察句子，這里用的是比較級句型“the+比較級……, the+比較級……”，結(jié)合選項應(yīng)該是越接近更高的精神，它就越像泡沫，不能強迫，故選C。